“Economics HOW. The business of growing”. The countdown has started for the opening of the capital's first Festival on economic issues dedicated to the general public, which will be held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica from 17 to 19 November. The initiative, which provides free admission to all events, is produced by the Musica per Roma Foundation together with the Rome Chamber of Commerce, and promoted by Invitalia with the editorial consultancy of Laterza Agorà.
The first edition of the Festival is also in collaboration with the Lazio Region, the Lazio Innova agency and LUISS (Free International University of Social Studies Guido Carli).
The event, conceived on the wave of the great success of the cultural dissemination activities of the Music Foundation for Rome, first of all the History Lessons - was designed for students, teachers, public administrators and in general for anyone who wants to deepen the issues related to globalisation, innovation and new business and work organization models.
The event will host prominent entrepreneurs and Italian and international scholars who will discuss the main economic and political issues, with a particular focus on Italy.
Also present will be the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Graziano Delrio, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Pier Carlo Padoan, and the Minister of Economic Development, Carlo Calenda. But also journalists, opinion makers, entrepreneurs, musicians, philosophers.
“We are proud to open our doors to the first sectoral Festival in the Capital, a new initiative for the city, and for the Romans, which has the ambition to talk about the economy in a way that is accessible to everyone and not just insiders”, declared Aurelio Regina, president of the Musica per Roma Foundation. "The goal is also to bring the capital back to the center of the international economic-political debate, through a panel of top-notch speakers who will build a constant dialogue with the public, making the audience the true star of the event".
Within the Festival, Invitalia has created the “Campus Impresa”, a space divided into thematic areas where the desire to do business will be told with an exhibition of objects produced by companies financed with start-up subsidies and a series of help desks to find out more about the incentives available to aspiring entrepreneurs.
Furthermore, two work cafes organized with experts and testimonials are planned for a multi-table discussion on innovation and opportunities for non-profit companies. Finally, artistic 3D graphics will update visitors on the main Invitalia issues.
For the managing director of Invitalia, Domenico Arcuri: “It will be a very important appointment. Thus the economy will become insight for everyone on how the country is changing. We must make people understand – added Arcuri – the dynamics of the growth of our GDP. A growth, however, that must be lasting and not ephemeral".
The Festival provides twenty-six appointments on the agenda, organized in different formats to offer a clear reading of future economic scenarios. The "Dialogues", political debates on current controversial issues, will alternate with the "Frontiers", round tables dedicated to the development of territories, culture as a resource and the state of health of our economy. Through the "Visions", however, various scholars, not only from the economic sector, will offer lectio on crucial issues for the business world. There will also be space for a discussion with representatives of the innovation field and an in-depth analysis of the country's political and public life with "The great interviews". Characters from companies and institutions will then describe their idea of Italy and their experience in the field through "Le Storie".
Among the speakers of the Festival some of the greatest scholars of economics and non-economic disciplines: from Mariana Mazzucato, innovation economist and professor at University College London, who will prompt the public to reflect on the need to rethink capitalism, to the moral philosopher American Michael Sandel who will open the debate on the right role of markets in a democratic society. Among others, the Belarusian sociologist expert in new media Evgeny Morozov will participate in the "ECONOMY AS" Festival to discuss the relationship between digital technologies and democratic governments.
Attachments: Economy How, the program
